diff --git a/dev-python/dacite/Manifest b/dev-python/dacite/Manifest
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+DIST dacite-1.6.0.tar.gz 22102 BLAKE2B 79bfa563feb1bd0fdf3541dbafc3ec15b370808e90625e7a7656a4155ba856324644a59b146307df19aca9a0aa68898478111757e37de065f2538932ceaa236f SHA512 034255f095589d309fe5805413d8b148f430cd20a0de305b7954083b530d516da1d8f3f00ebb5264a8cfb77f2b2a76f1e2d863e78bd191f1d85021c5553815da
diff --git a/dev-python/dacite/dacite-1.6.0.ebuild b/dev-python/dacite/dacite-1.6.0.ebuild
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+# Copyright 1999-2020 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=7
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{6,7,8,9} )
+
+inherit distutils-r1
+
+DESCRIPTION="This module simplifies creation of data classes (PEP 557) from dictionaries"
+HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/konradhalas/dacite"
+SRC_URI="https://github.com/konradhalas/dacite/archive/v${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz" 
+
+SLOT="0"
+LICENSE="GPL-2"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
+IUSE=""
+
+DEPEND=">=dev-lang/python-3.6"
+
diff --git a/dev-python/dacite/metadata.xml b/dev-python/dacite/metadata.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
+<pkgmetadata>
+	<maintainer type="person">
+		<email>andrea.postiglione@gmail.com</email>
+		<name>Andrea Postiglione</name>
+	</maintainer>
+</pkgmetadata>